Portlanders don’t get the credit Seattle does for suffering through months of rain and cloud cover, even though they clearly have the same complex relationship with their weather. The meme was taken from Pizza Schmizza’s Twitter feed. less

Portlanders don’t get the credit Seattle does for suffering through months of rain and cloud cover, even though they clearly have the same complex relationship with their weather. The meme was taken from ... more

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From our Facebook outreach: Drew Lieb Domino made the point about the TV show “Portlandia” being co-created by a Seattleite:
Carrie Brownstein "was born in Seattle, Washington, and raised in Redmond, Washington. She attended Lake Washington High School before transferring to The Overlake School for her senior year. After high school, she attended Western Washington University before transferring to The Evergreen State College."

So, the writer responsible for Portlandia is not from Portland ... they have to import their humor. (Photo by Charles Eshelman/FilmMagic) less

From our Facebook outreach: Drew Lieb Domino made the point about the TV show “Portlandia” being co-created by a Seattleite: Carrie Brownstein "was born in Seattle, Washington, and raised in Redmond, ... more

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How about those overly strong emotional attachments to chickens? You know, chickens are nasty, noisy creatures with brains the size of peas that eat each other and scratch and …

The New York Times writes: “PORTLAND, Ore. — Hindus regard the chicken as a vessel for evil spirits. The Chinese cook them to honor village deities. But here, chickens are a symbol of urban nirvana, their coops backyard shrines to a locavore movement that has city dwellers moving ever closer to their food. And the increasingly intimate relationships have led some bird owners to make plans for their chickens’ unproductive years. Hence a budding phenomenon: urban chicken retirement.”

That’s gotta be a stress on community resources, what with homeless humans, stray cats and dogs and now chicken retirement homes … less

How about those overly strong emotional attachments to chickens? You know, chickens are nasty, noisy creatures with brains the size of peas that eat each other and scratch and …

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Portland tries to be a port city but it’s really just a river city. That’s gotta burn.

Portland tries to be a port city but it’s really just a river city. That’s gotta burn.

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They don’t get sympathy cards for having to deal with the social-shutout and cold-shoulder the whole world calls “Seattle Freeze.” Since the Seattle Freeze is more a Northwest thing (even Vancouver B.C. has their version of it) you know it’s happeing to Portlanders … and they are suffering under it with the added insult of having to name Seattle when trying to describe what’s got them so down!

They don’t get sympathy cards for having to deal with the social-shutout and cold-shoulder the whole world calls “Seattle Freeze.” Since the Seattle Freeze is more a Northwest thing (even Vancouver B.C.

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“What would I do without my local farmer’s market,” this from the Twitter feed “Sh*t Portlanders Say.” We can see them worried that their local farmer’s market will close, and that will leave them in a quandary. They’d almost rather starve than eat vegetables from outside of a mile radius of their home. Stressful.
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“What would I do without my local farmer’s market,” this from the Twitter feed “Sh*t Portlanders Say.” We can see them worried that their local farmer’s market will close, and that will leave them ... more

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After two years of “Portlandia” and at least three “36 hours in” New York Times profiles, it’s not even funny to make fun of Portland anymore.

After two years of “Portlandia” and at least three “36 hours in” New York Times profiles, it’s not even funny to make fun of Portland anymore.

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They have only one really major, sexy global company – Nike. But that company is in the news about as much for its foreign labor practices than its innovations and entrepreneurship.

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Then there is the unbearable whiteness of Portland that stresses the liberal city out. It’s so pronounced that even the most navel-gazing “tactical urbanists” get caught saying silly semi-racists stuff.

Remember the gorilla bike ride joined by an Asian man and the activists made a big stink about how the Asian guy had to be a cop trying to infiltrate them and how the system sucks and The Man has always got his boot on their throats and … Wait … What? Oh, he wasn’t that Asian.

As we wrote at the time: The site BikePortland ran a story about the suspicions, with photos of the cop and the then-anonymous bicyclist. But it turned out the bicyclist was a food server who had just moved to Portland, the site later reported. He had wanted to meet some new people. less

Then there is the unbearable whiteness of Portland that stresses the liberal city out. It’s so pronounced that even the most navel-gazing “tactical urbanists” get caught saying silly semi-racists stuff. ... more

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From our Facebook outreach: Kathie Noyes Brave said, “Even worse than Seattle as far as far left wing nuts.”
But, that brought up an important matter, to wit: Portland can’t get marijuana legalized. It can’t get marriage equality through its legislature or elections. It’s enough to put any liberal city into a funk.

Talk about an identity crisis!

In fact the Oregon Constitution still reads: "It is the policy of Oregon, and its political subdivisions, that only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or legally recognized as a marriage." less

From our Facebook outreach: Kathie Noyes Brave said, “Even worse than Seattle as far as far left wing nuts.” But, that brought up an important matter, to wit: Portland can’t get marijuana legalized. It ... more

… Might as well say, “We don’t know what he’s writing about, because we couldn’t get through it either. But, he’s been here a hell of a long time, and that should be good enough for you!” less

They have a profoundly humorless newspaper. Even the locals call it the Snoregonian.

Here’s the front page from Wednesday morning (just so you know we didn’t go looking for the example we wanted, this screen ... more

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They’re always crabby because their feet hurt … because they don’t wear appropriate shoes … because they want to be closer to the earth. And, you know, it’s not like shoes were invented to control your mind or anything. less

They’re always crabby because their feet hurt … because they don’t wear appropriate shoes … because they want to be closer to the earth. And, you know, it’s not like shoes were invented to control ... more

This from a colleague: “I have some friends who moved to Portland and they now talk about playing a game called “hipster or hobo.” Perhaps obviously, the game entails choosing whether that disheveled person on the street corner is a hipster or a homeless person. Often you can’t tell.”

That’s darkly funny, and close to some decent humor, but it’s also a little depressing for a world-class-city wannabe. less

This from a colleague: “I have some friends who moved to Portland and they now talk about playing a game called “hipster or hobo.” Perhaps obviously, the game entails choosing whether that disheveled ... more

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From our Facebook outreach: Deran Ludd (whose Facebook page lists Seattle as home) said, “They are funny, but you don't see them laughing anymore because they can see Portland is being wrecked and turned into the same sort of ugly shallow city Seattle has become.”
Well, they do have Seattle envy, if that’s what Ludd means. less

From our Facebook outreach: Deran Ludd (whose Facebook page lists Seattle as home) said, “They are funny, but you don't see them laughing anymore because they can see Portland is being wrecked and turned into ... more

From our Facebook outreach: Gabriel Sierra said, “Actually, everyone in Portland is from Brooklyn.” Which is weird, but you can understand all the posing and scoffing going on as those recent imports relive the memories of their faraway youth …

From our Facebook outreach: Gabriel Sierra said, “Actually, everyone in Portland is from Brooklyn.” Which is weird, but you can understand all the posing and scoffing going on as those recent imports relive